SummaryA murderer tries to kill the only witness to his last crime. Shaft (Jackson) and his sidekick (Williams) are trying to catch the murderer.
Directed By:John Singleton
Written By:Ernest Tidyman, John Singleton, Shane Salerno, Richard Price
Shaft
Metascore
Mixed or Average
50
User score
Generally Favorable
6.4
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
42% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
42% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
15% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
88
With Jackson leading the way, Shaft has style, punch, and street cred. It's a hot cool update.
75
It's fast, easy on the eyes, full of funny putdowns and cast well enough to have two memorable villains.
63
Is this a good movie? Not exactly; too much of it is on automatic pilot, as it must be, to satisfy the fans of the original Shaft. Is it better than I expected? Yes.
60
Shaft scores by lacing ba-da-boom action with social pertinence.
50
The storyline goes from bad to worse as one-dimensional characters gradually flatten out into pure stick figures, and the crime plot goes from hokey to implausible.
40
The main thing the new Shaft gets right is casting for the title role. It's too bad the rest of the film doesn't hold your attention the way he does.
20
What Jackson's Shaft can't do is talk the talk, or much of anything else, in director John Singleton's feature-length insult to one of the more cherished modern screen icons.
User score
Generally Favorable
45% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
48% Mixed
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
7% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Mar 6, 2020
5
Jackson does a decent job but the other characters are not well-written and the plot has issues.
Oct 26, 2013
4
Not much to expect here, thus it lived up to my expectations. It's pretty much your classic action flick except with Samuel L. Jackson in the lead, which makes it that much better. Jackson really makes this movie, because with him, it would just be a total disaster. But, with him, it's average entertainment.
Production Company:
- Paramount Pictures
- Scott Rudin Productions
- New Deal Productions
- Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) Shaft Productions
- Shaft Productions
Release Date:Jun 16, 2000
Duration:1 h 39 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Toujours l'homme, des questions? (Still the man, any questions?) (French)
Awards
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 3 Nominations
Black Reel Awards
• 3 Nominations
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
• 3 Nominations
